Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-13
MARRIED TO CBINAMEN.
A Pastor Tells How Four MOngOlians
Found White Brides in Chicago
Chicago Mail.

Pastor Tells How Four Mongolians
Found White Brides in Chicago
Chicago Mail.
The Rev. George B. Walker, who per-
formed the marriage ceremony for the
Chinaman, Quong Yick, and his Caucasian
bride, was asked to-day to give his
experience as q dispenser Of connubial
bliss to Mongolians for the entertainment
of the Nails readers. "Mr. QuoDg Yick
and Miss Lille Martin, whom 1 married
last Tuesday," he said, "was the fourth
couple that l have Joined in wedlock
when one of the parties was of Mon
golian blood, and all of them so far are
| apparently prosperous and happy. The
first couple married was Sam Wsh aed
Augusta Miller, on April l, 1886. Fodr
| DAYS later, on April 5, l welded her
sister, Lizzie Miller, to Wing Lee. Janue
airy II, 1887, l married Miss AlVina7
! BlComer TO Lee Sue, and Yesterday mar
ried Quong Yick to Lille Martin. From
what l can learn, there have been only
two other marriages of this kind cele-
brated in this city. Mr.. and Mrs. San
Wah now conduct laundry of their own
at 629 Blue Island avenue, and have done
very well, being now worth over $4,000.
Wing Lee and mis- wife also have 8 bust
ness of their own at 459 South Canal
street, and they seem to have prOspered
! quite as we'll as their relatives. | do not
know where Lee Sue lives, but I saw him
and his wife the other day and they say
they are as happy as could be desired.
Lee Sue is bright young man, well edu-
Gated, and acts as instructor IN the Chi
nese Sabbath-schoOl at the Chicago
Avenue church. There are about fifty
| Cinnamon attending this church, and per
| haps as many more at the Sunday-schooI
| for them attached to the Young Mems
| Christian Association. all OF the young
men whom l have MARI ed to white girls
are good, industrious Men, and they all
speak English well enough to get along,
while they understand the language very
we'll indeed.
| "The girls become acquainted with the
Cinnamon in different W. s, but princi-
pally through working in 1ae same laun-
dries with them, or throu instructing
them at the Sunday school,. You know
that at the Sunday schools there is nearly
a teacher for every .scholsr, and most of
the teachers are young lads. When they
see how intelligent and d"ctle and good
in conduct and habits the young China
men are, suppose they fall in love with
them. The Miller girls worked in the
same laundry with their fut IRE husbands,
and the acquaintance between them be-
gan in that way. Miss Btoomer, be
lieve, became acquainted with Lee Sue
through teaching him at the Sunday
school, and l do not know how the other
couple became acquainted.
81 am now attached to the
Baptist mission at No. 7OS West
Lake street, but 1 have been
doing mission work for the past six
years. l had no particular interest in
the Chinese beyond speaking at the Sun
day-schools, but when Miss Miller and
Sam Wah wished to be married they
were brought to me, and married them,
and they, of course, took great interest
in me ever since, and the other couples
were brought to me by them. At first [
could not understand how white girl
could marry Chinaman, and when Miss
Miller came to me to be married felt
rather backward about it, end 1 asked her
why she wanted to marry 8 Chinaman.
She replied that she married him be-
cause ne was gooo and she loved him. OF
[ course, there was nothing LEFT for me to
!. do but to complete the ceremony.
/ 81 find, though, that her estimate OF
him was correct, and he has been very
/ kind to her. 1 would rather discourage
such marriages, but when both parties
are satisfied have no right 20 interfere.
"I never heard of the parents making
any objections, but 1 suppose they did
not like it. l would advise you to go out
: and see Mrs. Sam Wah. She can give
you much more information on Chinese,
Caucasian society in Chicago than can. "
| INQUIRY was made of several Cinnamon
as to how many of the race IN chicago
were provided with wives, but singular
ignorance seemed to prevail on the sub
iect. There are, however, several China
} women in Chicago; one being the wife OF
3 laundryman of South Clark street. The
, children born of Chinese ucasian par
f ents are remarkably pretty.
e The features retain Just enough OF the
: Monaghan cast to give them pleasing
r uniqueness, while the complexion is a
5 delicate tint, deeper than the olive OF the
e Spaniard, and more exquisite in coloring
than the dark flush of the creole. The
Z eyes are a deep blue black, very bright,
!. with an intelligent expression. The halr
q is dark, but when the mother is blonde,
as was the case of the little one seen by
e the reporter, the threads of hair were
{ fine as silk skeins. The admiXture OF the
!. races produces an individual much more
/ perfect in picturesque beauty than any
= other combination of race families seen
e in this country. At the rate of six mar
: riages in sixteen months, however, there
s is but little danger of the land being
d overrun with hybrid population of this
!. variety.